{"id":793,"date":"2014-02-14T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2014-02-14T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:00:26","slug":"punch-it-up-sound-bites-from-the-gpa-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/14\/punch-it-up-sound-bites-from-the-gpa-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch It Up!: Sound Bites from the GPA Panel Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span style=\"color:#800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gpa-chicago.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\">GPA Chicago Area Chapter<\/span><\/a><\/span> kicked off the year with an open dialogue about how to deliver a more compelling presentation to funders. A panel of foundation representatives engaged the audience in an honest exchange of ideas and stories. Below are some memorable quotes we picked up from the panel.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/cc-ama_reinisch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-775\" alt=\"cc-ama_reinisch\" src=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/cc-ama_reinisch.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Otto Reinisch<\/span><br \/>\n<i>Director, Organizational Development<br \/>\nEpiscopal Charities and Community Services<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be authentic.<\/li>\n<li>Need is not a good motivator. Instead, invite the funder along for the journey.<\/li>\n<li>Be creative to set yourself apart.<\/li>\n<li>Be strategic. This is a reflection of the organization\u2019s leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up after you submit a proposal. Follow up post-award. Follow up after a rejection. Keep the dialog going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/gpa_murray1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-797\" alt=\"gpa_murray\" src=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/gpa_murray1.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/i><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Mark C. Murray<\/span><br \/>\n<i>Program Director<br \/>\nField Foundation of Illinois <\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have an agenda for the meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Tell the story of who you serve. In your story, be clear and specific about the resources or staffing you need in order to provide the service.<\/li>\n<li>Engage the funder by getting them to ask questions.<\/li>\n<li>At the site tour, introduce the funder to your \u201crock stars\u201d and let them tell your story. Best to have the funder see your team in action in a real scenario.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;\">Be friendly, but don\u2019t be <\/span><i style=\"line-height:1.625;\">creepy<\/i><span style=\"font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GPA Chicago Area Chapter kicked off the year with an open dialogue about how to deliver a more compelling presentation to funders. A panel of foundation representatives engaged the audience in an honest exchange of ideas and stories. Below are some memorable quotes we picked up from the panel. Otto Reinisch Director, Organizational Development &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/14\/punch-it-up-sound-bites-from-the-gpa-panel-discussion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Punch It Up!: Sound Bites from the GPA Panel Discussion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[45,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}